Invoke-Obfuscation
While testing PowerShell commands with Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (WDATP) and preparing for some webinars I am doing in April and May, I spent some time using the framework “Invoke-Obfuscation“. I thought it...
Category: Security
Obfuscating PowerShell Commands
While testing Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (WDATP), I ran various PowerShell scripts to invoke certain downloads or specific tasks. As I was doing it, I wondered if it was smart enough to see...
Windows Defender Security Center – Basics
So, I recently spent some time playing with the Windows Defender Security Center, for looking at security incidents which I generate on a Windows 10 laptop. The idea was to just see what it...
Using Risk-based Multi-Factor Authentication – Reporting
In the last post: Using Risk-based Multi-Factor Authentication, I talked about setting up the risk-based policies, in this post we will look at the reporting and alerting mechanisms that are available. Within the Azure...
Using Risk-based Multi-Factor Authentication in Microsoft 365
One of the best Security protections that can be used with accounts, is Multi-Factor Authentication. However, the problem arises trying to get the balance between Security and User Experience. You know what I mean,...
Using Azure Information Protection to help with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Compliance
‘Azure Information Protection‘ is a cloud-based solution that helps an organization to classify, label, and protect its documents and emails. This can be done automatically by administrators who define rules and conditions, manually by...
Understanding General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) within Office 365
As we move closer and closer to May 2018, understanding the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR) is now even more important for all companies. Any organization that stores data related to European Citizens...
How secure is #Office365 against cyber-threats?
How secure is Office 365 against cyber-threats? One of the questions I get asked frequently is this. Even with Microsoft providing documentation, guidance and speaking at conference saying how secure it is, we still...
Note to self: PlugBot on Raspberry PI (Raspbian) + PhP7, fixes
So, I was recently installing a PlugBot and decided to use the latest version of Raspbian instead of the older version Jesse + Pixel. This meant that a few of the installation steps either...
Where am I through the next few months?
Well it’s conference season again, both for in-person and virtual, so that means a few road trips out and about, as well as normal life. Firstly, must publicly say how much appreciate my wife...
